Sports and entertainment manager Ralph Carr is the Melbourne man who raped a woman and then had his identity hidden by the courts.
The suppression order over the 66-year-old’s name was lifted by the County Court today.
He raped the woman in March of 2023 and was convicted last week.
Any woman he has personal connections to does not need to be named by media.
Carr had a cloak of anonymity for three years now as he used his money and power to convince the legal system to protect him.
He was charged in 2023 and the suppression order – similar to the one used to protect rapist Tom Silvagni – was rolled out.
That order was to lift when the verdicts were handed down today but his lawyers swayed the judge into keeping his name on the downlow for longer.
He raped the woman in 2023 after spending months harassing her sexually.
He attacked her after she became distressed while telling him of a relationship breakdown, the Herald Sun reports.
She rejected his advances so he raped her.
She punched him in the face.
Needless to say, the defence demeaned the victim and they were successful in having some DNA evidence thrown out.
